Bertran de Born

thumb| thumb| Bertran de Born (1140s – by 1215) was a baron from the Limousin in France, and one of the major Occitan troubadours of his time. He composed love songs (cansos) but was better known for his political songs (sirventes). He was involved in revolts against Richard I and then Phillip II. He married twice and had five children. In his final years, he became a monk. Quotes Domna, puois de mi no us cal,E partit m'avetz de vos, &c. Lady, since you care nothing for me,And since you have shut me away from youCauselessly,I know not wnere to go seeking,For certainlyI will never again gatherJoy so rich, and if I find not everA lady with look so speakingTo my desire, worth yours whom I have lost,I’ll have no other love at any cost. Canso, st. 1 (tr. Ezra Pound) Be m play lo douz temps de pascorQue fai fuelhas e flors venir;E play mi quant aug la baudorDels auzels que fan retentir  Lor chan per lo boscatge;E plai me quan vey sus els pratzTendas e pavallos fermatz;  E plai m' en mon coratge,Quan vey per campanhas rengatzCavalliers ab cavals armatz. The beautiful spring delights me well,  When flowers and leaves are growing;And it pleases my heart to hear the swell  Of the birds' sweet chorus flowing    In the echoing wood;And I love to see, all scattered around,Pavilions, tents, on the martial ground;    And my spirit finds it goodTo see, on the level plains beyond,Gay knights and steeds caparison'd. Canso, st. 1 (tr. Thomas Roscoe) External links J. C. L. Sismondi, tr. Thomas Roscoe, Historical View of the Literature of the South of Europe, vol. 1 (1823), p. 141 Edgar Taylor, Lays of the Minnesingers and Troubadours (1825), p. 228 Ezra Pound, "The Canzon" in Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, vol. 7, no. 3 (December 1915), p. 143 Category:Poets from France